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Retreat Schedule for Holy Vajrasana Temple 2022-2024: REVISED

On-line discussion on “How to Realize Prajna” planned for certain Saturdays from September 17 to November 19, 2022, 9:00 am Pacific Time.

September 17, 2022

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Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra Retreat

Studying “Expounding the Absolute Truth through the Heart Sutra.” Oryoki lunch during the retreat. We spent Independence Day and the following week on retreat and by chanting, studying Expounding the Absolute Truth...

July 7, 2021

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Diamond Sutra

Statue of Shakyamuni Buddha from the Cave Temples of Dunhuang, China Silk Road. We discussed a lovely English chanting of the Diamond Sutra at a recent class and I wanted to provide you with a link to both the...

March 9, 2021

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Classification of Basic Dharmas from the Prajnaparamita Sutras

We know that there are many lists of dharmas within Buddhism, but the ultimate list of lists can be found in the Prajnaparamita Sutras. Basically they fall into three categories, wholesome dharmas (punya) that...

July 4, 2020

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The Four Erroneous Views on Meditation from the “SAUMOL”

I started the class on May 17, 2020, with a brief overview of what the Supreme and Unsurpassed Mahamudra of Liberation contained and did not contain. I couldn’t post or discuss the actual dharma contained in this...

May 18, 2020

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Photo of mummy of Chan (Zen) Sixth Patriarch Huineng (638-713) kept in Nanhua Temple in Shaoguan (northern Guangdong) China.

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The Great Dharma of Zen

Photo of mummy of Chan (Zen) Sixth Patriarch Huineng (638-713) kept in Nanhua Temple in Shaoguan (northern Guangdong) China. Introduction: We are about to study the great dharma of zen practice that H.H. Dorje...

May 6, 2020

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Annual Dharma Discourse Released on H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Day This Year is also in English!!

Yesterday a dharma discourse by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III on”The Intrinsically Existing Truth of No Arising and No Ceasing in the Universe and in Human Lives Realized by the Buddha Was Not Created by the...

January 20, 2020

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February Retreat at Temple will focus on Prajna, Parami, and Ta

There are still a few beds open at the temple and room for many more commuters to our February 7-14 retreat on the Heart Sutra. We will have Mahayana, Vajrayana, and Theravada disciples and both lay and monastics...

January 12, 2020

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QUOTE–Prajna

…Regarding how to truly realize prajna, how to use your actual experiences to grasp prajna, you must understand the rules and methods of continual practice.” H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha Expounding the Absolute...

November 10, 2019

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October Retreat on the Heart Sutra

Serious students gathered to continue and start their study of the Buddha Master’s sutra based on the Heart Sutra. Others joined the group for the long week end. Although I was able to read much of the text, I had...

November 10, 2019

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